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YMCA taking donations for troops
Peterson Elementary School plans to host a stocking stuffing event Thursday to help send a piece of home to the U.S. Armed Forces serving overseas, according to a release issued by the YMCA of Orange County. The YMCA partnered with Words of Comfort, Hope...Tags: Human Interest, Clubs and Associations, Starbucks Corp.
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City celebrates our military with banners
Jeanne Tennant couldn't hold back her tears June 23 as she waited to see her son's name and picture raised up a light pole across from Huntington Beach City Hall. "It takes me back, and all my feelings, when he was there," she said. "I was a very nervous...Tags: Huntington Beach, Human Interest, American Legion
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Band full of the best
There won't be too much pressure on Huntington Beach Union High School District students when they take the stage Sunday at Edison High School. At least, they won't have to audition behind a screen before a panel of invisible judges, walking in on a...Tags: Entertainment, Indiana, U.S. Army, Music
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Torture, drones, indefinite detention breeding home-grown terror?
The broad-daylight hacking death of a soldier in London this week was Britain’s Marathon Moment. Like the twin bombings at the race finish line in Boston last month, Wednesday’s attack by two machete-wielding men spouting venomous threats to...Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, BBC, Robin Williams, Murder
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Obama to address Naval Academy commencement
President Barack Obama will travel to Annapolis to speak at the Naval Academy commencement today, addressing the class at a time when the military faces complicated internal challenges the graduating midshipmen will soon inherit. It is the second time...Tags: Barack Obama, Central Intelligence Agency, Chuck Hagel, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Annapolis
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Fourth U.S. drone victim influenced by Sept. 11, war
WASHINGTON — In his early teens, Jude Kenan Mohammad was a familiar sight in his middle-class section of Raleigh, N.C., riding around on his bike to deliver groceries to elderly Muslim neighbors. But with an American mother and Pakistani father,...Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Religion and Belief, Pakistan, Jihad, Al-Qaeda
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Boy Scouts set to vote on lifting gay youth ban
GRAPEVINE, Texas -- Thursday’s vote on whether to lift the ban on gay youths in the Boy Scouts of America could symbolize a cultural shift. Texas businessman Barry Price was so disturbed by the prospect that he joined a protest Wednesday,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Minority Groups, Protestant Convention, Social Organizations
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La Cañada Fiesta Days schedule
Hosts La Cañada Flintridge Chamber of Commerce and Community Assn. stick with tradition for Fiesta Days' main lineup each year. EVENTS: Casino Night at the Community Center — Friday, May 24, 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The event kicks off Fiesta...
Tags: Human Interest, Entertainment, YMCA, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, French Toast
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Boy Scouts' vote to allow openly gay members, but not leaders, ending century-long ban
The Boy Scouts of America approved a historic policy shift Thursday, allowing gay youths as members for the first time in the organization's 100-year history. But the highly anticipated vote by 1,400 members of the Scouts' executive committee stopped...Tags: Politics, Protestant Convention, Minority Groups, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians
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Scouts and equality
One of the first things that an incoming Boy Scout must learn is the Scout Law. It's become so famous that many people outside the organization likely recognize it. "A Scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful,...Tags: Barack Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, Minority Groups, Social Organizations, Gays and Lesbians
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Eldersburg's Knutson-Cullen among honorees at Memorial Day service
U.S. Army Capt. Sara M. Knutson-Cullen, a former Eldersburg resident who died in a helicopter crash in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on March 11, will be among the honorees at the May 27 Memorial Day service at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium....
Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Human Interest, Armed Forces, Iraq War (2003-2011), Memorial Day
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Shake off your apathy, take a stand
I can no longer remain in one of the fastest growing groups in America, Apathy Anonymous. I've lived nearly 70 years and have marched, signed petitions, written letters to everyone from the president, to local, state and federal officials, concerning...Tags: West Bank, Weather, Israel, Wars and Interventions, Global Change
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